hey i never said anything about smacking kids to make them respect you. I said you should smack them when they need to be smacked disapline wise. Just remember, for every bad thing your teenager does that you know about, there are about a million other things that your teenager has done/said that you dont know about that could be a million times worse than what you do know about.
btw by smacking i didnt mean beating the kid until it turned black and blue. cuz dude, thats just child abuse.